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Fresh

The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

Rotten

The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

Certified Fresh

Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics.

The Dragon Pearl Reviews

An admirable attempt to make a Spielberg family film. The story is straightforward and thus predictable but the exploration of a Chinese legend is still interesting enough. Biggest problem are the characters and the acting by the two child leads. They aren't given much to work with and their lack of experience shows. Sam Neil is the only decent actor and he more or less plays the same character from Jurassic Park.

There is a Jackie Chan type character in a supporting role. He's fine, but no Jackie. He's mostly there for comedy and the comedy in this film is all over the place. Would have been better if they plaid it straight.

I think I made it about a half hour, maybe into the movie and wow it wasn't giving me anything. The acting, writing, everything was pretty terrible. Sam Neill couldn't even save anything and all I wanted to see was the dragon. Then I did and it was lame. Oh well, gave it a shot, but when I have to turn a movie off, it is insanely bad because I've sat through total garbage before. I'm sure the filmmakers worked hard to tell this story but next time, just aim higher.